Where distrobox
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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My dumbass without DistroBox:
$ ar x package.deb
And again... Distrobox is your friend. Me, I like an immutable OS (kinoite) but I still want the AUR…
distrobox-create --name arch --image archlinux:latest
distrobox enter arch
install yay as normal
yay -S vscodium
distrobox-export --app vscodium
yay exa
distrobox-export --bin /usr/sbin/exa
exit [back to kinoite]
exa [works]
vscodium [works, has icon in application launcher]
Try it, you might like it !
Ah, a wild deb-file. Let's add it to my frankendebian.
Debtap to the rescue
As someone who’s never used Linux, TIL that software doesn’t work across all flavours of Linux.
The software itself should run, but the installers themselves use different standards. I'm pretty sure you could set up your own distro to use installers from different one, though it may require some work.
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su alien yourprogram.deb
So what? You don't know how to unpack .deb?
I'll give you one more, what about software that doesn't package it at all and gives you a tar?
Yeah, I hate those with a passion. Or those who send you to a GitHub page that explains nothing, gives you the tar and expects you to read their mind 😂